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bemildred

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Fri Oct 16, 2015, 08:34 AM Oct 2015

Security Council to discuss Israeli-Palestinian unrest

The UN Security Council is set to hold a special meeting to discuss the spate of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in which 39 people have been killed over the past two weeks.

The meeting, which diplomats said was called at the request of council member Jordan, will include a briefing from the UN secretariat on the situation on the ground and will take place at 15:00 GMT, the UN said on Thursday.

The UN meeting comes as Israel deploys more troops to the border with Gaza, where the ruling Palestinian group Hamas has called for Day of Rage demonstrations on Friday.

Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that Israeli forces have prevented men under the age of 40 from praying in al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as part of a bid to preclude Palestinian protests.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/security-council-discuss-israeli-palestinian-unrest-151016050816539.html

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